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@wargonopsid.bsky.social
Artist and gamedev, Permian period enthusiast. Ex road Rennie. Volunteer fossil preparator. They/them . no AI training or reuploads
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lol welp, Three Gorgonopsid Moon everyone! (mostly gorgonops torvus :) ) #sciart #coprolitepost #meme shirt available here jbh.threadless.com/designs/thre...
Been a minute since I've painted digitally! Krita isnt half bad :) Fun detour :) #permian #digitalart #krita
Been a minute since I've painted digitally! Krita isnt half bad :) Fun detour :) #permian #digitalart #krita
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Are you attending #2025SVP #SVP2025? Come see my talk on Thursday at 2pm in the Synapsida technical session on tail length evolution in across stem mammals, and find out why this long-neglected part of the skeleton has a much more complicated story to tell than we previously thought!
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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🚨NEW NOTHOSAUR🚨
a warm welcome to lijiangosaurus yongshengensis, a long-necked nothosaur described by shang et al. from a new early middle triassic locality in southwestern china!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
(art by kelai li)
a warm welcome to lijiangosaurus yongshengensis, a long-necked nothosaur described by shang et al. from a new early middle triassic locality in southwestern china!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
(art by kelai li)
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
🚨NEW NOTHOSAUR🚨
a warm welcome to lijiangosaurus yongshengensis, a long-necked nothosaur described by shang et al. from a new early middle triassic locality in southwestern china!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
(art by kelai li)
a warm welcome to lijiangosaurus yongshengensis, a long-necked nothosaur described by shang et al. from a new early middle triassic locality in southwestern china!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
(art by kelai li)
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Another one for #dinovember
Not exactly a dinosaur this time, but a yawning Inostrancevia.
It's tiring being top predator.
Not exactly a dinosaur this time, but a yawning Inostrancevia.
It's tiring being top predator.
November 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Another one for #dinovember
Not exactly a dinosaur this time, but a yawning Inostrancevia.
It's tiring being top predator.
Not exactly a dinosaur this time, but a yawning Inostrancevia.
It's tiring being top predator.
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🚨PTEROSAUR NEWS🚨
a warm welcome to bakiribu waridza, a filter-feeding ctenochasmatid from the early cretaceous romualdo formation of brazil. described by @alinemghilardi.bsky.social et al., it is recovered as a sibling taxon to the 'flamingo pterosaur' pterodaustro
(art by julio lacerda)
a warm welcome to bakiribu waridza, a filter-feeding ctenochasmatid from the early cretaceous romualdo formation of brazil. described by @alinemghilardi.bsky.social et al., it is recovered as a sibling taxon to the 'flamingo pterosaur' pterodaustro
(art by julio lacerda)
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🚨PTEROSAUR NEWS🚨
a warm welcome to bakiribu waridza, a filter-feeding ctenochasmatid from the early cretaceous romualdo formation of brazil. described by @alinemghilardi.bsky.social et al., it is recovered as a sibling taxon to the 'flamingo pterosaur' pterodaustro
(art by julio lacerda)
a warm welcome to bakiribu waridza, a filter-feeding ctenochasmatid from the early cretaceous romualdo formation of brazil. described by @alinemghilardi.bsky.social et al., it is recovered as a sibling taxon to the 'flamingo pterosaur' pterodaustro
(art by julio lacerda)
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the first creature in my A-Z monster challenge
the Aarakocra
I'm working to challenge myself with some more painted pieces (which I'm getting started atm) but here's a little stylized sticker
Do you have a feathered friend you play for your game?
Also follow my patreon to vote in the next poll.
the Aarakocra
I'm working to challenge myself with some more painted pieces (which I'm getting started atm) but here's a little stylized sticker
Do you have a feathered friend you play for your game?
Also follow my patreon to vote in the next poll.
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
the first creature in my A-Z monster challenge
the Aarakocra
I'm working to challenge myself with some more painted pieces (which I'm getting started atm) but here's a little stylized sticker
Do you have a feathered friend you play for your game?
Also follow my patreon to vote in the next poll.
the Aarakocra
I'm working to challenge myself with some more painted pieces (which I'm getting started atm) but here's a little stylized sticker
Do you have a feathered friend you play for your game?
Also follow my patreon to vote in the next poll.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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happy #caturday! how many machairodontines are in #prehistoricplanet: ice age? at least five (bonus kitty in the reply) 🐱 palaeontologist and paleoartist mauricio anton revealed on his twitter that he consulted on at least some of these, and they look stunning
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
happy #caturday! how many machairodontines are in #prehistoricplanet: ice age? at least five (bonus kitty in the reply) 🐱 palaeontologist and paleoartist mauricio anton revealed on his twitter that he consulted on at least some of these, and they look stunning
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Years of work and collab with an incredible team at #BBCStudios #AppleTV @framestore.bsky.social ... involving so many camera operators, writers, producers, effects people, artists and others, #PrehistoricPlanetaIceAge is out on #AppleTV Nov 26th. A definitive vision of Ice Age wildlife worldwide.
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Years of work and collab with an incredible team at #BBCStudios #AppleTV @framestore.bsky.social ... involving so many camera operators, writers, producers, effects people, artists and others, #PrehistoricPlanetaIceAge is out on #AppleTV Nov 26th. A definitive vision of Ice Age wildlife worldwide.
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happy #fossilfriday! bonus: this is barylambda, a pantodont from the paleocene and early eocene. despite looking like a cross between a ground sloth and a wombat, recent evidence suggests that barylambda was a stem-ungulate, related to modern hoofed mammals
(art by gabriel ugueto)
(art by gabriel ugueto)
November 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
happy #fossilfriday! bonus: this is barylambda, a pantodont from the paleocene and early eocene. despite looking like a cross between a ground sloth and a wombat, recent evidence suggests that barylambda was a stem-ungulate, related to modern hoofed mammals
(art by gabriel ugueto)
(art by gabriel ugueto)
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happy #fossilfriday! this is whatcheeria, a carnivorous tetrapod from the early carboniferous. although its limbs were stout and robust, they were ill-suited for life on land, and likely spent most of their time in the water
(art by joschua knuppe)
(art by joschua knuppe)
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
happy #fossilfriday! this is whatcheeria, a carnivorous tetrapod from the early carboniferous. although its limbs were stout and robust, they were ill-suited for life on land, and likely spent most of their time in the water
(art by joschua knuppe)
(art by joschua knuppe)
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Hallucigenia sparsa, a small lobopodian from the Cambrian-age Burgess Shale, climbing on a sponge.
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Hallucigenia sparsa, a small lobopodian from the Cambrian-age Burgess Shale, climbing on a sponge.
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the #prehistoricplanet: ice age trailer is here, and not a moment too soon! but you won't have seen the following four animals in the trailer:
psilopterus 🪶
arctotherium angustidens 🐻
gigantopithecus blacki 🐵
aenocyon dirus 🐺
psilopterus 🪶
arctotherium angustidens 🐻
gigantopithecus blacki 🐵
aenocyon dirus 🐺
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
the #prehistoricplanet: ice age trailer is here, and not a moment too soon! but you won't have seen the following four animals in the trailer:
psilopterus 🪶
arctotherium angustidens 🐻
gigantopithecus blacki 🐵
aenocyon dirus 🐺
psilopterus 🪶
arctotherium angustidens 🐻
gigantopithecus blacki 🐵
aenocyon dirus 🐺
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WELCOME BACK, MIRAGAIA 🥳
new material from portugal - along with a review of prior material - has led costa et al. to conclude that miragaia is distinct from dacentrurus, listing over a dozen differences between the genera
repositorio.lneg.pt/entities/pub...
(art by @ferrutxoart.bsky.social)
new material from portugal - along with a review of prior material - has led costa et al. to conclude that miragaia is distinct from dacentrurus, listing over a dozen differences between the genera
repositorio.lneg.pt/entities/pub...
(art by @ferrutxoart.bsky.social)
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
WELCOME BACK, MIRAGAIA 🥳
new material from portugal - along with a review of prior material - has led costa et al. to conclude that miragaia is distinct from dacentrurus, listing over a dozen differences between the genera
repositorio.lneg.pt/entities/pub...
(art by @ferrutxoart.bsky.social)
new material from portugal - along with a review of prior material - has led costa et al. to conclude that miragaia is distinct from dacentrurus, listing over a dozen differences between the genera
repositorio.lneg.pt/entities/pub...
(art by @ferrutxoart.bsky.social)
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If you're in the Seattle area on the 15th or the 20th, you should come to my choir STANCE's Trans Day of Remembrance concerts at University UCC in the U District.
The show on the 15th will be at 3pm, and the show on the 20th will be at 7pm.
The show on the 15th will be at 3pm, and the show on the 20th will be at 7pm.
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 AM
If you're in the Seattle area on the 15th or the 20th, you should come to my choir STANCE's Trans Day of Remembrance concerts at University UCC in the U District.
The show on the 15th will be at 3pm, and the show on the 20th will be at 7pm.
The show on the 15th will be at 3pm, and the show on the 20th will be at 7pm.
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IT'S FINALLY HERE!
@zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social and @skyemcdavid.com's paper on azhdarchoid phylogeny and pterosaur gigantism is officially out, with some very intriguing results in the phylogenetic analysis 👀
short 🧵
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
(art by @kiracuriee.bsky.social)
@zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social and @skyemcdavid.com's paper on azhdarchoid phylogeny and pterosaur gigantism is officially out, with some very intriguing results in the phylogenetic analysis 👀
short 🧵
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
(art by @kiracuriee.bsky.social)
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
IT'S FINALLY HERE!
@zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social and @skyemcdavid.com's paper on azhdarchoid phylogeny and pterosaur gigantism is officially out, with some very intriguing results in the phylogenetic analysis 👀
short 🧵
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
(art by @kiracuriee.bsky.social)
@zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social and @skyemcdavid.com's paper on azhdarchoid phylogeny and pterosaur gigantism is officially out, with some very intriguing results in the phylogenetic analysis 👀
short 🧵
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
(art by @kiracuriee.bsky.social)
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Pumpkin Kobolds are the featured figure for November over on the Collectors Club! And introducing all new Mini Figures that are the low price of $25. Join today for just $2 to gain instant access to these exclusive figures.
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verdantsculpts.com/pages/verdan...
November 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Pumpkin Kobolds are the featured figure for November over on the Collectors Club! And introducing all new Mini Figures that are the low price of $25. Join today for just $2 to gain instant access to these exclusive figures.
verdantsculpts.com/pages/verdan...
verdantsculpts.com/pages/verdan...
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Tiny mood.
Tisha Mark ©2025, Little Moments, oil on Gessobord, 4"x4"
Original is available (with maple frame):
tishamark.com/product/litt...
#art #painting #bsnm #SciArt #TraditionalArt
Tisha Mark ©2025, Little Moments, oil on Gessobord, 4"x4"
Original is available (with maple frame):
tishamark.com/product/litt...
#art #painting #bsnm #SciArt #TraditionalArt
November 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Tiny mood.
Tisha Mark ©2025, Little Moments, oil on Gessobord, 4"x4"
Original is available (with maple frame):
tishamark.com/product/litt...
#art #painting #bsnm #SciArt #TraditionalArt
Tisha Mark ©2025, Little Moments, oil on Gessobord, 4"x4"
Original is available (with maple frame):
tishamark.com/product/litt...
#art #painting #bsnm #SciArt #TraditionalArt
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'You're adopted'
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(For the non-palaeo folks, this is in light of a newly published paper re-establishing that #Nanotyrannus, previously understood to be a juvenile #T.rex, is indeed its own genus after all.)
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(For the non-palaeo folks, this is in light of a newly published paper re-establishing that #Nanotyrannus, previously understood to be a juvenile #T.rex, is indeed its own genus after all.)
November 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
'You're adopted'
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(For the non-palaeo folks, this is in light of a newly published paper re-establishing that #Nanotyrannus, previously understood to be a juvenile #T.rex, is indeed its own genus after all.)
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(For the non-palaeo folks, this is in light of a newly published paper re-establishing that #Nanotyrannus, previously understood to be a juvenile #T.rex, is indeed its own genus after all.)
www.simpletix.com/e/fantasy-cr... wanna learn how to look at nature and paint creatures like me? Well you can, at @pushpullseattle.bsky.social this December!
Fantasy Creatures from Dinosaurs Tickets | Push/Pull
Want to learn how to draw more interesting monsters and fantasy animals? Start by reconstructing extinct animals by reading their bones!
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November 3, 2025 at 9:17 PM
www.simpletix.com/e/fantasy-cr... wanna learn how to look at nature and paint creatures like me? Well you can, at @pushpullseattle.bsky.social this December!
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One of the largest temmnospondyls ever to exist: the gigantic Koolasuchus was also the last non-lissamphibian temnospondyl to exist. It survived into the Early Cretaceous of Australia when all other stereospondyls were long gone
#temnospondyls #paleoart
#temnospondyls #paleoart
November 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
One of the largest temmnospondyls ever to exist: the gigantic Koolasuchus was also the last non-lissamphibian temnospondyl to exist. It survived into the Early Cretaceous of Australia when all other stereospondyls were long gone
#temnospondyls #paleoart
#temnospondyls #paleoart
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happy #godzilla day! here are two very different #specevo interpretations of arguably the most iconic kaiju, by @manusuchus.bsky.social and @talesofkaimere.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
happy #godzilla day! here are two very different #specevo interpretations of arguably the most iconic kaiju, by @manusuchus.bsky.social and @talesofkaimere.bsky.social
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new #specevo project in the works 👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbmT...
Welcome to the Age of Monotremes (Speculative Evolution Show Pitch)
YouTube video by Age of Monotremes
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November 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
new #specevo project in the works 👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbmT...
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Thinking about *him*
Miharu, a fully customized, articulated character doll, about 100cm long. 2021.
Miharu, a fully customized, articulated character doll, about 100cm long. 2021.
November 2, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Thinking about *him*
Miharu, a fully customized, articulated character doll, about 100cm long. 2021.
Miharu, a fully customized, articulated character doll, about 100cm long. 2021.